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Warning: Here be spoilers!* Go no further! Turn back now before it’s too late! You have been warned!

The distant echoes of the Iron Horde’s war machine have already begun to reach the ears of Azeroth’s heroes. Soon, the journey into Draenor will begin in earnest—a journey filled with drama, tension, and momentous events that will shape the fate of this world.

To tell this tale, we’ve created more high-quality in-game cinematic footage for Warlords of Draenor than ever before—and as your story unfolds, these cinematics will illustrate some of the key moments of your adventure.

While we generally like to keep story beats like these a surprise, we know some players enjoy seeking out spoilers, and there are always plenty of people who find these files in the beta or on the PTR and share them. To help mitigate the potential for unsuspecting players to accidentally come across these and spoil their own adventure ahead of time, we’ve decided to go ahead and upload them ourselves—and provide plenty of caution and safeguards against watching them accidentally.

Of course, it goes without saying that we recommend you wait and watch these videos in-game as they were meant to be encountered—but if you choose to watch them here below, we hope you enjoy them, and only ask that you allow others to experience the story as they choose. Thank you for your continued excitement and passion for World of Warcraft, and we’ll see you in Draenor!

*What follows are the in-game cinematics that will play at various points during the Warlords of Draenor campaign. We encourage you to play the game and experience them in-context as you progress through Draenor—but if you decide to watch them now, don’t say you haven’t been warned!

*SPOILERS*

Lords of War Part 4: Kilrogg

Lords of War Part 4 features Kilrogg Deadeye, Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow Clan, named for his missing left eye. Watch the latest instalment below! Previous Lords of War have featured Kargath, Grommash and Durotan.

Yarrr, it be Pirates' Day, Matey!

Avast, ye landlubbers--it be Pirates' Day! Put on your Bloodsail Admiral's Hat and get ready to celebrate in Booty Bay because September 19th is Pirates' Day in World of Warcraft--an in-game version of the international holiday Talk Like A Pirate Day. While not a full-blown holiday, Pirates' Day still has its very own achievement for the 24 hours day it comes to Azeroth.

In 2014, this runs from 11am PST on September 19th to 11am PST on September 20th, so you could sneak this in too while getting ready for Brewfest tomorrow!

While you can get a one-hour disguise from pirates throughout the faction cities, the main festivities take place in Booty Bay; here players will find pirates celebrating on top the roof of the Booty Bay bank, including the tribute NPCs Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket, which pay homage to the real founders of Talk like A Pirate Day. There's even special fireworks, music, and cannons!

Once you've arrived, speak to the Dread Captain DeMeza and share a festive drink. She will grant you the Dread Corsair buff and give you a sweet pirate costume of whatever race your character is which lasts 12 hours! This buff will stay on while mounted, in combat, and even persists through death--unless, of course, you're a druid and you like to shapeshift. If you really love the pirate look, cloth-wearers can transmog to the Buccanneer's Regalia and top it off with a Admiral's Hat or Bloodsail Admiral's Hat.

Obtaining this buff will also earn you one achievement: The Captain's Booty. Since it can only be obtained in this 24 hour window, it's one of the rarer achievements in-game--even if it doesn't help you with any holiday metas! If you really want to show your pirate pride, consider doing Avast Ye, Admiral! throughout the year to get Bloodsail Admiral's Hat.

You can even get into the spirit of the festivities with the Pirate Speak addon which can be found on WoWInterface. Pirate Speak will spice up your in-game chatting with familiar pirate dialect, though you will have to enable out-of-date addons. Download it and get in the spirit of the holiday--while also annoying everyone!

ZAM brings you Friday Update Arcade

Check out the latest episode of ZAM's Friday Update Arcade. This week, Destiny's first raid, Minecraft bought by Microsoft, League of Legends World Championship kicks off, Grand Theft Auto 5, ArcheAge launches in the West!

Comments

Comment by jackybg

Comment by Coelhopt

the Kilrogg father the hole of is eye is so well done with that nerve showing off.

Comment by theawikak

on 2014-09-19T12:37:27-05:00

the iron horde is coming to town :P

Comment by matheus314

on 2014-09-19T13:16:48-05:00

Best episode so far.

Comment by mystylan

on 2014-09-19T13:43:20-05:00

best i have seen .

Comment by Rapt0rr

on 2014-09-19T14:39:54-05:00

I wonder if they decided to post this on Pirates day, cause he doesnt have an eye. You know... like a pirate?

Comment by medivh888alst

on 2014-09-19T15:53:33-05:00

I wonder if they decided to post this on Pirates day, cause he doesnt have an eye. You know... like a pirate?

just want to clear something up, the eyepatch most pirates wear was so they could go below deck without having to adjust as fast to the light changes, always keeping one of there eye's in the dark solved this problem :)

so not All the eyepatched pirates were blind in 1 eye, ^_^

but i agree seems like they did that on purpose Lol

Comment by adem24

on 2014-09-19T17:07:33-05:00

can't wait to play WoD amazing trailer

Comment by DaltonImperial

on 2014-09-19T17:19:44-05:00

Wow. Very glad I can now skip the cutscenes while still basically knowing what happens. The animation doesn't look any better than WotLK, and the style seems far more cartoony. The female Draenei in the Alliance videos...already dislike her (especially her voice).

Comment by mathiaslindberg

on 2014-09-19T17:35:29-05:00

Awr, Horde Garrison looks SO sad!

Comment by Greenhooves

on 2014-09-19T17:35:51-05:00

Cripes, that was intense.

Comment by CptDax

on 2014-09-19T17:39:50-05:00

I am in actual tears over the Alliance spoiler videos. Gah. :-(

Comment by Klaital1

on 2014-09-19T17:44:49-05:00

Wow. Very glad I can now skip the cutscenes without feeling like I missed on much. The animation doesn't look any better than WotLK, and the style seems far more cartoony. The female Draenei in the Alliance videos...already dislike her (especially her voice).

Man how can you dislike Yrel? She is quickly becoming my favorite npc now after those awesome videos, especially the Talador one. I also think she has really awesome voice.

Comment by Strafer

You made me warchief! You left me to pick up! YOUR! PIECES! YOU! FAILED! MEEEE!

You never had the strength of a true warrior

You made me what I am.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

Comment by zatai41

on 2014-09-19T18:27:29-05:00

I love the cut scenes & lol @ durotan ninjaing merad's mace.

Comment by sickhammer

on 2014-09-19T18:30:24-05:00

dude... i can't explain how much i enjoyed those videos, this is WoW at it's peak, this is a new era...

Comment by lschmitt414

on 2014-09-19T18:34:21-05:00

I'm a horde player and have been for most of my 6 years playing this game. I almost shed a tear in the Velen Ner'Zul cinematic....so well done!

Also, almost makes you feel bad for Garrosh watching that cinematic, it was somewhat Thrall's fault but not for what Garrosh became.

I can't wait for this xpac, these vids have me more hyped then all the content I've read and played to date on WoD.

Comment by TheOldBear

on 2014-09-19T18:42:48-05:00

Baahahahahaaaa, Garrosh is like a little whiney kid. And he's supposed to be slightly older than Thrall, baahahahaaa...

Comment by DaltonImperial

on 2014-09-19T18:46:58-05:00

Man how can you dislike Yrel? She is quickly becoming my favorite npc now after those awesome videos, especially the Talador one. I also think she has really awesome voice.

All I know about her is from the cutscenes (I've seen "Yrel" mentioned in a few Wowhead posts but wasn't sure that was her in the cinematics). Her eyes in one of the cutscenes are just over the top emotional that I couldn't take it seriously. As for the voice (assuming it is Yrel talking in the second-to-last video), it just sounds odd to me, but I guess I can just mute her as well and read the captions. Glad you are enjoying her and hope I come around to your side.

Comment by regma

on 2014-09-19T19:31:12-05:00

These scenes are real good. I hope that Blizz can keep this up or better. No to just wait fort he game. :)